KARATE STUDIOS, INC. v. LIFESTYLE MARTIAL ARTS, LLC.

Nos. 4D10-3061, 4D10-3877.

65 So.3d 1127 (2011)

EAST COAST KARATE STUDIOS, INC., d/b/a Lavallee's USA Black Belt Champions, a Florida corporation, Appellant, v. LIFESTYLE MARTIAL ARTS, LLC, a Florida corporation, Doreen Yaffa and Jeffrey Wilson, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brett J. Schneider , Lori Adelson , and Laura K. Wendell of Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Joel M. Weissman of Joel M. Weissman, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellees.


GERBER, J.

The issue in this appeal is whether a mandatory forum selection clause contained in a non-compete agreement may be applied to non-signatory parties who are alleged to have interfered with that agreement. We conclude that the mandatory forum selection clause applies to the non-signatories here because: (1) there exists a close relationship between the non-signatories and the signatory who is the subject of the agreement; (2) the non-signatories' interests...

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